Big Sky Updates Remark! Business Partner Programs

Free Run Your Business Software Available

SAN DIEGO, CA, November 19, 2003 -- Big Sky Technologies announced today that it has revised it's Business Partner program to make it easier for IBM (NYSE: IBM) Business Partners to work with Big Sky to promote, sell, install and support the Remark! product line. Any IBM Business Partner who specializes in Lotus software is automatically eligible to become a Remark! Business Partner and to receive free Remark! "Run Your Business" software.

Big Sky has offered Remark! Unified Messaging and Interactive Voice Response solutions for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino for many years, and has worked with many IBM Business Partners in support of their customers. As the Unified Messaging markets matures and companies continue to migrate away from proprietary voice mail systems, decision makers are looking for advice from their trusted suppliers and integrators to help them determine best of breed solutions. To leverage this influence, Big Sky would like to ensure that all IBM Business Partners are aware of Remark! unified messaging solutions and have the opportunity to generate additional revenue from them.

Big Sky is now providing free Remark! unified messaging software to all qualified Business Partners for internal use so they can experience the benefits first hand. All that is needed to get started is a voice board, or a Voice over IP (VoIP) capable PBX system, and ScanSoft text-to-speech software licenses. These items are available from Big Sky at special internal use prices.

There are two partner programs available from Big Sky. Remark! Reference Sellers can participate in the sales and support process without investing a significant amount of time and energy on technical training. Big Sky works hand in hand with Reference sellers to provide product information, demonstrations, and pricing information to potential customers. When a customer purchases a Remark! solution, a sales commission is paid to the Reference Seller. Big Sky then works directly with the customer and, optionally, the Reference Seller to install and configure the system.

Reference Sellers who become familiar with the Remark! sales and technical support process can become Remark! Resellers. As a Reseller, Remark! software may be purchased from Big Sky at significant discounts for resale. Additionally, Resellers may contract directly with their customers to provide Remark! maintenance and support.

To find our more about the Remark! Partner programs, check out Big Sky's partner page at http://www.bigskytech.com/partners.

About Big Sky Technologies
San Diego-based Big Sky Technologies was founded in 1994 and is a privately held California corporation. Big Sky provides a broad range of unified messaging and workgroup IVR solutions to enhance communications and collaboration within the workgroup and enterprise. The company is a leading supplier of solutions that integrate the telephone and voice with Lotus Notes and Domino for both the corporate data network and Internet. For more information, please visit http://www.bigskytech.com.

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